001good musicians uh who happen to also be our teachers here so um that was very nice all right so we are officially at 7:07 calling the meeting to order can I have a moment of silence please stand for the flag salute I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all all right roll call Mrs Turner here miss blin here Mr Bramhall here Mr Evans here Mr Gaffney here m zakone here Mr Kenny here M Fitzwater here statement is hereby made that adequate notice of this meeting was given by submission of said notice to the Burlington County Times The Courier Post the cinamon Township Clerk and the district website on the following dates March
0023rd 2023 and March 28th 2023 moving on to section four routine business uh a the board secretary's report for October 2023 the treasures report for October 2023 the receipts and transfers for October 2023 the monthly transfer report for November of 23 the high school activities report for November of 23 the Food Service management cost performance statement for November 23 certified Bill lists for December uh as of 12623 the approval of minutes for the regular meeting on 11:14 23 Mrs ster can I have a motion to approve section four routine business items a through H I moved second second thank you Mr Evans comments or questions from the board hearing then we'll take a vote Miss blin i i i i i i i i motion approved moving on to section five routine matters we have
003the enrollment report as of December 8th 2023 the health report for November of 23 the fire alarm for November of 23 the crisis drill report for November of 23 and then superintendent monthly report Mr Capello thank you Mrs Fitzwater we do have a number of items on the agenda this evening so I will do my best to be brief but I first wanted to start with another thank you to our talented singers who performed for us this evening uh to Tribute to Mr bacon and Mrs Sigman the amount of work in preparation uh they don't come out here sounding uh that well Polished by accident they put a lot of hard work uh to make it to this point and it is definitely a feather in the cap of this District how well our students
004do and how wonderful their performance was this evening uh we are in the middle of uh performance season right now uh this past Thursday night an opportunity to uh visit the middle school concert which took place over at the high school uh those ensembl did a terrific job uh as we heard from um Mr bacon uh the high school will perform next Wednesday night at CHS and um we have the rush students who will be performing tomorrow night at CHS so what highly encourage you to find some time to come out and check out those future concerts and if you can't uh many of our concerts are available for a live stream or you can visit watch Recaps of them at cn. TV and thank you to Mr creel and his team for making those
005live streams possible so we're able to share uh the gift of our talented musicians with the extended Community a couple of folks who I'd like to recognize uh are seas executive board specifically Kate Meer I know many of the people in this room many of the people in our district had an opportunity to visit Winterfest this past weekend at cinamon high school it's an annual tradition was successful as ever uh returning back to our high school was filled to the brim with holiday spirit this past Saturday and of course thank you to our many staff memb students who volunteered to come out and help support this fundraiser for sahasa it is also this time of year where we begin the recognition process for our Governor's educators of the year uh you may have seen some
006announcements on our social media Outlets but I'd like to recognize them uh this evening and we'll do an official recognition of all of these folks in the spring uh from new ALB School Mary K Sutton second grade teacher from Elanor Rush Nissa Barker third grade teacher Middle School Maria guad Ela High School teacher Julie REITs oh excuse me Julie Leeds reading teacher and District ESP of the year uh Heather Toco also a reading teacher so uh congratulations to all of those folks we look forward to recognizing them uh officially as a board later this school year couple announcements out of the rush school I'd like to mention that the rush student council collected 369 toys for the Toys for Tots this past week third grade classes collected the most overall with Mrs Neil and Mrs
007everman's class donating the most of 48 toys I'd like to recognize the students of the month from Elanor Rush School third grade Nathan shako and Mrs sortino's class fourth grade Alina Gomez from Mrs Davis and Mrs fl's class fifth grade Alex ker from miss genovisi and miss LA's class and the specialist Alice specialist student Ali Rosengard nominated by uh senorita senora galich and Mr Harding uh excuse me from Mr Harding and Miss weed's fifth grade class our New Albany staff member of the month um was Miss Carly olfield congratulations for her for being selected for her leadership in the bright eyes program and the rush staff member of the month was Miss Genie Murphy uh this time of year I'd like to take a moment just to recognize on behalf of the sentiments and Township
008School District our board of education teachers support staff members families uh I want to thank everyone who participated in the recognition of the one-year passing of Mattie Harris thank you to Mrs arz our faculty leaders and the students from the CHS kicking cancer organization who raised money to donate $1,500 to the kisses for Kyle foundation on madd's behalf her spirit continues to have a lasting impact in our community and in many of our lives and on behalf of the Board of Education and administration I would like to wish everybody a very happy holiday season uh whatever you are celebrating this year I hope you are doing so with family and joy in your lives and we look forward to seeing all of you back here for our board meeting in the new year thank you
009Mrs Fitzwater thank you Mr fellow Mr gaffan can I have a motion to approve section five routine matters items a through e so moved second second thank you Mr Evans comments or questions from the board hearing then we'll take a vote Mr Evans i i i i i i i i motion approved U moving on to section six the student representative reports first we have a high school student representative Maddie hubard good evening November students of the month class of 2024 Kayla meaning class of 2025 Ava Lage class of 2026 Samantha danowski class of 2027 Isadora Guth winter sports have started their 2023 Seasons boys basketball the captains are Andrew Plaza Noah Harvey and Sai Gant the first game is on Thursday December 14th at pensal at 5:15 p.m. girls basketball the captains are Emma
010feifer and NAA stendel Lage the first game is on Thursday December 14th at home versus pensan at 5:15 wrestling the captains are nasier paig Eddie fry Luke Smith Dom Marino and Dylan balloon the first match is at home on Friday December 15th at 5:45 winter track the first meet is on Monday December 18th swimming the captains are Mason drench Megan shallow Maggie Smith R.J shampe Noah MC Christi Sam kortz Gabrielle sickler and Sean Gallagher the first meet was last Thursday December 7th the next meet is on Wednesday December 13th bowling the captains for the boys team are Petro SM agas and Nate Evers the captains for the girls teams are Stella jll Diana hus Alexa Ramirez and Skyler Eric the boys bowling team record is one 2- one and the girls bowling team record is
0113 and zero their next match is today at Ying at Hamilton Lan class of 2026 on December 6th the class of 2026 held their sophomore catian at the Madison and Riverside memories were made by all who attended NHS congratulations to the newly inducted members of the National Honor Society on Tuesday November 28th 20 2022 the National Honor Society inducted 10 new seniors and 34 new Juniors into the National Honor Society chapter cinamon thank you to the Boe members and the administration who attended the event currently the NHS students are collecting money for the Jane wellenbach needy family fund interact interact raised $235 for the Wounded Warriors project by hosting a dress down day on November 21st students helped pick up can goods from houses and cinnamon and to assist the Boy Scouts in their annual
012food drive sandwiches are made after school on December 5th and given to the cathedral Kitchen in Camden and are holding a candy Grand fundraiser this month to support the Ronald McDonald House in Camden Deca cinemat and deca had a very busy fall on November 17th Deca held their third annual suiv verus SS World game fundraiser where they raised $900 to donate to n NJ deca's 24 charity Oasis a Haven for women and children 45 of our members are registered for competitive events and competed the first completed the first phase of online testing which ran through December 4th through the 6th at CHS the next phase is the roleplay competition at for the Southwest District in Cherry Hill on January 9th they entered three chapter campaigns in in Deca on December 1st with hopes of earning
013allocations to Anaheim ICDC 2024 in April chop fundraiser CHS raised $500 for the Children's Hospital Philadelphia under the direction of Miss finer The Collection went directly for children with cancer and their needs concert choir congratulations to Sam bobin and Kim Mason on their incredible performances over teacher convention in Atlantic City and the following weekend at njpac in Newark with the All State Choir they're they represented cinamon at the state level singing challenging literature under the worldclass conductor additional congratulations goes out to Sam bbrian ban who was accepted into the all South Jersey choir she will perform with the best singers across South Jersey at the Washington Township Performing Arts Center in January the CHS chamber choir will be busy this December performing at various functions throughout South Jersey including senior centers a tree lighting ceremony
014the Board of Education meeting and a fundraiser with Chick-fil-A on December 14th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. the CHS music department will have our annual winter coat d witer concert on December 20th at 700 p.m. in the CHS Auditorium the event is free of charge and all are welcome Math League the CHS Math League Squad is EXC excelling in the Burlington County Math League competitions securing a close second place after November's meeting at penin with a significant lead over the third position CHS Math League is working hard to maintain its success our math prodigies nailed perfect scores on three out of five questions cling the overall team score on record thank you thank you m now we'll hear from our um Middle School student representative Kathy B good evening to all of you our middle
015school students of the month for November are Rees montoo in sixth grade seventh grader Dean Jay in seventh grade and eighth grader Aron Madison CMS is very proud to announce that sixth grade special education teacher Mrs agato will has been selected as this year's Governor educator for the year congratulations CMS is hosting hosted its annual Winter concert on December 7th at cin Minon High School auditorium this concert featured performers from band chorus and strings congratulations to Mrs Sasha Sigman Mr Dave herock and Mr Luke Banis for an amazing concert winter sports have started the boys basketball team played their first home game yesterday and will also play this Friday the girls basketball game will be at home on Wednesday and the wrestling team hosted a home match today and Thursday good luck to all of
016you cinnamon selected singers traveled to Winterfest at Historic Smithville Village this past weekend for an exceptional performance CSS will also be performing on Spirit night December 15th at the Dand Chick-fil-A from 5: to 700 p.m. in addition to this performance CSS will also perform on the 20th at Cambridge House in Morristown Unity Club will be hosting a senior citizens breakfast on the 22nd students will be assisting the senior citizens during the event saring a Monday students and staff are participating in dress up days leading to winter break they are as follow Monday December 18th holiday head wear wear your favorite winter headgear Tuesday December 19th feeling Frosty let's think snowy thoughts in wear blue or winter white Wednesday Wednesday December 20th mad at plaid aren't you plaid that winter break is almost there wear a
017festive plaid or a comfy flannel shirt to show your spirit Thursday December 21st say yay to pajama day for Chop pajama day is a chance for the school to spend the day in the most comfortable jammies and support kids who rely on Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for care cures and hope students and staff will be encouraged to wear their pamas and the student council will be leading a holiday collection to benefit shop directly Friday December 22nd festive Friday wear your favorite holiday sweater tie vest shirt socks or accessories show off your holiday spear on the last day of school before the break thank you and I hope everyone has a wonderful winter break thank you Kathy Lots going on in both of our uh upper schools all right we're moving on to section seven presentations
018and the first thing that we're going to hear from is Mrs Luellen and the cinamon and special education program all right and uh as they're transitioning in um Mrs Lin has brought a a a large team with her if any members of the board there will be some visuals so any members of the board would re like to relocate uh out into the public now would be a great time to do that um this presentation has been uh in the workers for a couple of months it was uh asked at the request of several members of our board to uh get a little better understanding about uh the relationship between our child study team and our special education program and Mrs lellan is here to uh talk about all the the many things that are
019going on um in her world so Mr lellan if you would uh the floor is yours I'm going to relocate everyone else is good all right good evening uh members of the board uh members of the audience who joined us this evening thank you so much for giving this this us this opportunity to uh share with you uh information regarding our district special education program and child study team um so what we're going to do is walk you through the process of what happens when a student is identified as having a struggle whether it's uh academic behavioral social emotional or medical um we're going to share that process the services that are uh that we offer the different programs of data services and take you through that entire process up to including graduation um and
020then at and we will close our program sharing some of the initiatives and programs that we've had um the child study team and special education programs have developed over the last couple years so I'll start off by sharing with you uh our child study team so our child study team is here so first I'd like to apologize if you thought this was going to be a quick board meeting uh we're going to take up a little bit of your time but we do have a lot of information to share so first I'd like to share with you a little bit about child study team our child study team is broken up essentially into two teams we have a um Elementary team which is preschool through grades five and then we have a secondary team which
021is grades 6 through 12 or the age of 21 if a child is staying uh until 21 so let me quickly introduce you so we we will do this one time uh in our elementary team just give a little we when I uh we have Christy Danto Angela Jack Alyssa mebs and Gabby roach they're our elementary team and in our secondary team we have Michelle montros Jesus Powers Joe Sigman and Jen Alexander uh our supervisor special services Bethany Sanders so they're all going to take a part in this presentation as well also in the district uh in our child study team who's not with us this evening we have two behavioral analysts U Miss montagano and uh Miss uh zami we also have six speech therapists that are uh employed through the district uh six
022years ago five years ago there were only four so we keep growing um also who is not who we contract out are uh occupational therapist speech therapists social skills teacher uh teacher of the visually impaired teacher def heart of hearing as well so with that I'm going to turn it over we're going to take a couple slides at a time and go through the presentation so hi so what happens when a teacher or a parent has a concern about a student uh the first thing is uh communication needs to happen between the parents and the teacher that's the first line of communication uh once they have established the concerns if there's need for uh further uh need for address uh the can can't either the teacher or the parents can contact the counselor and the
023counselor can refer the student to the inrs team which is the intervention and referral services team and on this next slide uh it's an overview of the three tiers of interventions where tier one known as our Universal supports are delivered to the entire population our tier 2 interventions are targeted they are uh received to small groups and then our tier three are our most intensive interventions uh that we have so inrs what is inrs inrs is the intervention and referral services committee it's made up of a group of Educators professional Educators um that come together to come up with strategies to help students who are at risk this group consists of Administrators teachers counselors and child study team members any staff can can refer any staff or parent can refer a student to inrs for
024concerns that can be academic they can be medical they can be social or behavioral so what the inrs team does is they come together they assess data that has been taken discuss the concerns of whatever brought them to us and we come up with an action plan so the action plan is something that is implemented in the classroom this is not not a 504 this is not an IEP the team then will come together and monitor the progress that the students are making if they're making progress if they're not making progress if they are not and the strategies are not effective then they're referred to the 504 committee or the child study team so what is a 504 plan a 504 plan I'm sorry a 504 let's establish what a 504 plan 504 is a
025504 actually is a civil rights law that helps persons with disabilities um what is a person with a disability right a person with a disability is something that hinders that person's ability to um you know have perform an activity so um such as walking talking hearing seeing and even learning um the goal really here is just to ensure that all students have equal access to education in the schools so how is a 504 provided um how does this provided by a 504 equal access is provided by allowing changes to the learning environment within a classroom um who becomes eligible for a 504 a student whose disability interferes with the students ability to learn within a general education setting um students may be eligible for a 504 but not necessarily an IEP um 504s are reviewed
026and they're updated annually just like an IEP is well as it was previously mentioned we had the IR and which is the intervention Referral Services committee as well as the 504 committees when they look at identifying interventions strategies to help students that are exhibiting academic difficulties um that's typically what happens before a referral is made to the child study team um so with the data that's collected and reviewed by these uh different committees they try to determine the effectiveness of those interventions and strategies depending on how the students responds to that if they feel they are doing well enough they'll continue if for some reason that uh it's not adequately addressing their educational needs then uh what typically happens is those uh committees will make a referral to the child study team um if also
027if there's a concern that the student may be susp suspected of having a disability then that too would be a reason for a referral for child study team and with that said the child study team referral pretty much is a written request uh given to the school district pretty much when again suspecting there's a disability and if a student requires special education related Services a parent School Personnel uh agencies concerned with the child's welfare which in the state of New Jersey is dcpm which is known as the division of Children protection and permanency is an organization that tends to make referrals to the child study team when they're involved with their students um we also have uh up to 20 days once we do receive a written request from U an outside referral regarding to
028the needs and concerns of the student that's identified U because there May again concern of suspicion that the student has a disability um and with that said within that 20 days we'll meet we'll review the information concerns uh we'll look at determining if there's a need to do any uh types of evaluations if there is then we talk about what types of evaluations to proceed with the process and if not then we talk about recommendations going forward as well and so what does that mean once we proceed with the process with the referral how are decisions made about students with special education needs well as I mentioned earlier when you have the first meeting which is identification meeting within 20 days we look again reviewing the reasons for the concerns uh what interventions have been
029uh provided or attempted um if the det termination based on that information warrants further evaluations then we decide what type of evaluations that would be considered to collect additional data whether it's a learning assessment social assessment psychological speech there's a variety of of uh evaluations that are considered depending on what areas are concerned at the time of the meeting um again all this information is used to make a determination of students eligible for speech and excuse me for special education related Services now with that process once that information is collected and and a team reconvenes to review that information then we look at making a determination if the student is eligible for special education related Services based on one of the 14 uh categories that are available and outline in the New Jersey's Administrative Code
030special education uh so there's criteria that's specific to those areas and that's what team would look at and make an determination based on that criteria listed uh with that said if a determination is made that student fulfills one or more of those uh conditions or disabilities then we move forward towards developing a individual education program which outlines the specific services and related services that the student will need in order to be successful in school and it also will kind of outline the terms of their placement um with the process going forward once the student is involved with an IEP which is again the individualized education program every three years the team does reconvene to kind of review how the students performing making sure that their needs are being met and at that time we also
031look at Mak a determination if any additional uh information is warranted or evaluations which would involve the reevaluation process thank you [Applause] now in terms of Eligibility the determination of eligibility for special education related Services is a three-pronged process uh one of which is the student must have a disability according to one of the classification categories as Mr Paris just mentioned there are several different categories different classification categories can involve things like specific learning disability emotional regulation impairment communication impairment Orthopedic impairment uh visual impairments uh other health impair for medical condition there are several uh second a a student must have a need for special education and related services and third it must adversely affect their educational performance and adversely affect means uh preventing success in their academic uh program all right so what is
032an evaluation an evaluation is the process we use to determine eligibility an evaluation will include interviews with the teacher the parent the student observations and standardized testing and for an initial evaluation you must have at least two child study team members present as well as a minimum of two assessments completed for eligibility and it must be completed by a person who has the proper certification or license can outside evaluation be considered yes of course they can as long as they've been completed within the year child study team will review the evaluation presented to us as long um we have to have the proper certification to review it and if we feel that it has enough information we can accept it and utilize it in our process what is an IEP an IEP stands for individualized
033education program an individualized education program is a legally bind in document it's developed by a team of teachers School District Representatives members of the students family sometimes the student when they're of age um the IEP is a written plan that includes the students program it has related Services if needed um it has the students uh present levels it has their needs it has measurable goals and short-term um benchmarks and objectives least restrictive environment what is least restrictive environment it's not a place it's a principle that guides a child's educational program the least restrictive environment for every student may look different because every child is unique to the maximum extent appropriate children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled so the goal of every CH student is to be educated in the general
034education class there's a this is a levels that are offered but the ultimate goal is general education the next level is inclusion this is our C- teing model the next level is resource room so students may be in an inclusion setting or general education setting but they may need for different subjects uh support in those settings that is the resource room setting the next level is self-contain and this is taught by a special education teacher with special education students the next level is a separate school and then the last level is residential parent rights and special education parent rights include things such as having a copy of their students IEP their child's IEP being able to bring interpreters to the meeting being able to bring translators to a meeting um having uh translators come with
035no cost uh having extended school year services uh considered by the students IEP meeting uh being able to record IEP meetings as long as they notify the other party ahead of time and they can bring others to the meetings now in terms of the parental uh parent rights and special education booklet uh that's the prize booklet and it's kind of like a cliffnotes version of the special education code it provides a lot of use useful information that can be provided when a parent asks for it provided annually and can be provided at initial evaluations excellent and this is a culminating overview of everything that you had heard where you can see the different models uh the gray Circle represents uh interventions for all students in District the blue circle Specializes for students with impairments and
036then moving to students who require significant support through 504 plans uh and then to students needing specialized instruction through IEPs okay our next set of slides are going to highlight some just a few of our programs and our projects that have imple been implemented throughout the district so starting with our child study team monthly awareness initiative every month the child study team focuses on a different disability with the goal to bring awareness to our special needs Community um teachers plan activities in their classrooms they read books posters are displayed in each building and bulletin boards are creative created you can see that we start the year with dyslexia Awareness Month in October and we end with better speech and hearing Month in May this slide shows some of the projects that have been done by
037students in schools some of the posters that have been displayed and some of the bulletin boards that have been created by students and staff so the next part of this presentation we'll talk about the growth in special education uh as we're fully aware the growth in the district District uh over the last several years we've had tremendous growth in the district um if you could focus on the pink columns or the red columns uh if compared uh 201819 to our current year 2023 24 and in the four columns they were the rose for comms is the district-wide 504 students that we Service uh district-wide special education students uh and without a speech only goal because there are IEP there are students who have a speech only IEP uh the third column is adding in the
038speech only IEPs and then the fourth column represents the district enrollment uh for each one of our October reports so if you can notice in the far right column 201819 we had almost 2600 students and then today we are at almost 2900 students which is a growth of I believe that's 133% um and if you slide back over two comps of special ed uh we are at 295 in 201819 up to to 431 students that were servicing which is a growth of 46% in special education and obviously we've had covid years in there and there are more students who are needed Services we see that same growth with uh 504 students and that same growth in our speech only as well so I just want to bring that to your attention the number of students
039that are district dis servicing uh and with that comes the first place that we are growing is speci is our preschool so uh a little background information for preschool so uh students are referred or preschoolers are referred to the child study team 110 days before their third birthday uh they start if they're eligible on their third birthday very different than a normal kindergarten enrollment where they start the beginning of the school year we have rolling enrollment all year long with our preschoolers and the program continues to build back in 2017 we had one preschool with disabilities class that Service 13 students and one half day integrated preschool school classroom with 15 students uh today we have two and a half preschool at disabilities classroom servicing 24 students and 10 more that will continue to come
040throughout the school year um and we had two ha we have two half day uh preschool uh integrated preschool classrooms that service 31 students and that's today and we continue to grow and then those numbers get those those children get older and continue to grow throughout our program uh so back in uh 20 21 uh we grew out of New Albany and uh we moved over to Memorial School uh so we have a brand new classrooms in Memorial uh they had to be R Reven renovated sorry uh we had five classrooms and two offices that are now converted to four classrooms uh large 900t classrooms with uh uh restrooms inside for the children a new playground um brightly colored beautiful floors and and the kids just love it now I'm going to talk about the
041Pirates and Pages program uh this is very special to me I created this program with uh Julia zami a behavior analyst in the district and this program started in April of 2022 and we started it at New Albany school um in second grade um the program the goal of this program was to strengthen the literacy skills uh with special reading companions which is a dog and we started with Lily and now in the district we have three dogs and uh we have a dog that visits the middle school and high school in the wellness center and um now we're going to be expanding to rush uh hopefully as soon as January starts we since we have so three dogs uh Remy Lily and Roxy uh getting another dog it was a little hard but we're
042going to be expanding the program the dog comes and the students read to them they write to the dogs and this program is really just built confident readers and the students just really love love the having the dogs come to the classroom and it's just been a real joy to have so I've been really excited to have this programs take off so so as part of our life skills program at the high school we do have a career to work experience program um our ninth and 10th grade students um get to job sample on campus sort of in the high school building sorting mail working in the cafeteria things like that and then um our 11th and 12th grade students get to work in the community um by 12th grade before they leave us we
043do like to try to um tailor their job to their ability level as well as their preferences so you can see some logos here um that represent the different job placements that our students have had both past and present um again you have to be in at least 11th grade to start out in the community um and some students do stay until they're 21 and so for those students um they will continue in the work program as well um they do go out to work four days a week um on Wednesdays they have a um community- based instruction trip that they go on we could try to go on different trips every week and more importantly they are assigned a job coach when they go out to their job sites so that somebody is there
044to assist them um the goal is to naturally Fade Out that job coach when they are able to do the job independently last but not least we have play unified so at the high school we do have play unified um Sports and it is a great opportunity for students both with and without special needs to unite together as a team um we have soccer in the fall basketball in the winter and track in the spring um there are several other local high schools who uh participate in the UniFi program that we get to play against and it's just a really great program I've assisted um with the track and the soccer in the past and I just absolutely love watching these kids come together they have so much fun and that's the most important thing
045so as I uh said in the beginning we would wrap this up at graduation and this is our ultimate goal um our students our ultimate goal is to have them graduate and become independent Learners lifelong independent Learners our students graduate go to fouryear schools twoyear schools trade schools uh be gainfully employed in the Working World uh we offer them Services if uh through DDD DVRs and as you can see here uh we have our graduates from last year um the P the two picks on the left and the right are from our life skills graduation party uh which was the entire library at the high school fill with parents families and friends of our students who graduated from our program um our students stay until the end of 12th grade or uh if necessary if
046if needed they stay until they're a age of 21 so with that thank you very much for your time I hope you we were able to uh shed some light on special education in our district and some of the great programs that we have to offer for our children uh any questions from the board no was a fantastic presentation thank you thank you very [Applause] much okay now we have some uh recognition from the Board of Education Mr cello oh I need that computer back okay sorry they ran off with my computer um for those of you who have been to our board board meetings in the past uh you may recall that during the June meeting uh it's our largest board meeting of the Year lots of people lots of students and uh special
047shout out to all of our students who are hanging this long I know this has been a a long meeting as well but um one of the things we love to do most as a board is to recognize the students and staff who do things of exception here in cinamon and this evening we've got some fantastic people to recognize uh and in order to get this started I'd like to welcome our first group of presenters so uh from cinnamons and High School Mr Gorman if you would be so kind as to join me up here and our our slides are back the floor is slides oh need to get to the mic I was looking for the mic hi everybody it is my privilege this evening to announce the cinemat and high school exemplary educator
048Miss Kate lasowski if Miss lasowski wants to join us up here while I brag about it for a minute congratulations thank you as I think about an Exemplar educator for me it's someone who I know I can put in any classroom at any level uh from remedial to AP and they will be equally effective and provide for those students uh an unparalleled experience and and uh I think that that is something that Mrs leowski is particularly Adept at uh every single kid in her room uh will get it individualized and and and rewarding experience in English literature uh that they will remember forever right I think one of the things that uh an English class does is give us some of those things that Bond us together together as a as a people After High
049School right we've all read a similar set of books we've all had a similar set of experiences and we get to reflect on them as we get older and I think that that's something that our students bring from M Laskowski class uh for the rest of their life in addition to that really exceptional English experience uh Miss Laskowski runs our National Honor Society she runs our poetry out loud uh and I think really one of the things that I'm most thankful for is the work that she's done in bringing to cinemon high school our African-American literature course uh I think that class in particular has provided a home for students in our school that didn't exist before the work that Miss Laskowski has done to to make that a reality uh I personally am incredibly
050thankful for that effort and for the impact that has had on our students lives and I would like to give her one more round of applause congratul this evening we're GNA grab a pict Mrs Fitzwater is going to join us me put my phone away you do work in a high school phones are out us yeah fair enough fa enough all right now I'd like to welcome uh Mrs melter from cinnamon in Middle School who also has a presentation to give thank you Mr Capello good evening everybody it is my pleasure to invite Mr will Welter to the front to be recognized undoubtedly I think when you speak to any educator we all enter this profession with a really deep hope to be a differen maker and on the tough days we sometimes find ourselves
051questioning if what we're doing is working is what we set out to achieve with our students becoming a becoming a reality and when it comes to Mr will Welter I can tell you that the answer is an emphatic yes whether I talked to a student this morning who was in Mr Welcher's class or somebody who was in the room years ago the consistent message is that Mr Welter is somebody who stands out to his students he is truly a Difference Maker not only as an engaging and caring educator but in the school community and Mr Welter has dedicated years and years of service to student athletes he has coached basketball softball even dabbled in a little bit of soccer and in addition he has also taken on a leadership role amongst the faculty um in
052particular he has really been somebody I can count on to spearhead our building's commitment to making cinnamon in Middle School a more Equitable and inclusive environment for students and staff alike and on top of that he is also somebody who has served as a professional mentor to student teachers over the years as well as first year Educators Mr Welter at the end of the day is just the kind of person who is always somebody you can count on to be a calming presence for myself included and he is a solution focused individual I think any room he walks into is usually hallmarked with his everpresent smile and the we've got this can do kind of attitude that any administrator would love to have in their building um and lastly he is just truly a beloved
053teacher so it is my distinct honor tonight to recognize him as a New Jersey exemplary educator in secondary [Applause] education don't go too far Mrs fitre at this time I'd like to welcome Miss Carrie D Simone who's going to do a presentation for us from uh from her building okay okay thank you hi everyone welcome thank you so much for coming out thank you to 70 for coming out to support your fellow Scout and uh I am greatly greatly appreciative of Mitchell delesio uh a high school senior here at cinon who chose our school great thankfully uh to do his Eagle scalp project about a year ago January 5th I received an email from Mitchell asking if I would be interested in having him come over talk to me about some ideas for a an
054Eagle Scout project um he remembered Rush school he remembered our ecology club and their uh beautiful Greenhouse that they had out back as well as their garden beds that they had built and he also noticed that over the years they've uh fallen into some disarray the tornadoes did not help with the greenhouse so he uh asked if he would be able to put those uh together again bring us uh some new new uh garden beds some new thank you uh and build a new Greenhouse for us so he set out a plan and I think that the reason you know that he was so interested in this at least what he had shared with me is that recently um over the past few years he's grown a love grown a love of gardening of of
055plants growing and caring for plants particularly rare and exotic orchids yes mhm and uh he wanted to you know give back something where perhaps there were other students who had a similar love and he wanted to share that with those students um and make sure that our ecology club and our our students for science class would have somewhere where they could go and and participate in gardening taking care of plants and possibly you know finding that similar love so he put a plan together he raised all of the funds uh to over the past year and on November 12th his plan finally came to fruition uh he with a a group of volunteers fellow Scouts and parents um who came out to to support him and to help with his build they came together at
056the back of Rush school and they put together this gorgeous Greenhouse they they replenished our beds they fixed the ones that existed already and they also buil built new raised beds for our students to enjoy come spring we think right yeah the the plants now weren't lasting too long but it went really well because at this time we're also we have a few hydroponic Gardens um that we are starting in the building so our science some of our fourth grade science classes have now taken their seedlings out to the greenhouse they are waiting for them to be ready to be placed into the hydroponic garden so it was perfect timing uh Mitchell is following the footsteps of another uh troop 70 Eagle Scout who came and did an outdoor classroom for us a few years
057back Ryland Ross also a cinnamon high school student uh graduated now but we are extremely grateful to for your efforts uh the care you took the thoughtfulness and just getting everyone else involved with you it was a a very much job well done so thank you Mitchell M yes thank you thank you Mitchell for your services and I appreciate uh your tro fellow troop members coming out and supporting you here this evening and uh for some of the younger crowd I could tell you there are a number of additional projects in the district that we are happy to have you give us a hand with it's funny we were in a meeting yesterday and there was talk of a new sign somewhere and someone said how about an Eagle Scout project so it's a whole
058pathway of volunteerism waiting you uh at this point we do have a couple more uh present presentations and uh I applaud the Young Folks for uh sticking it out so long this evening uh particularly for these next two presentations um as we're going to be recognizing some of our board members for their community service and service um to this board of education uh the first person I'd like to call up is Miss Katie Quinn Katie is in the back and ironically um as Katie comes up here I'm going to go uh handheld uh the two folks who were honoring tonight are probably the two folks who want to be honored less than anyone uh however uh they're going to stand here gracefully while I share some uh remarks about them and our principles are such
059wonderful speakers so uh unfortunately uh hopefully I can do the same amount of justice as they have done for our students so uh Kathleen Katy Quinn is a longtime member of our cinamon and Community as an active parent she served as a confidant to previous superintendent salvator luzy putting information back from her side of the community along the riverfront as a career educator Miss Quinn is a deep passion for improving the lives of students and staff members she began her teaching career the America Corp in North Philadelphia serving as a volunteer student teacher at Thomas Edison school her first teaching job took her to esparanza Academy Charter School where she built connections to students and families with needs that extended beyond the classroom her next stop took her across the river to Freehold Regional High
060School District where she taught English for 20 years in addition to taking on all the tall tasks of getting high school students to share her passion for literature Miss Quinn also took on the challenge of public education from the labor side engaging with her role with an njaa local affiliate as a staunch advocate for students and Educators in the Ocean County region Miss Quinn directed her passion to her hometown schools and sought an elected position on the board of education in the fall of 2017 she was sworn in for her first term of service in January 2018 and upon entering service she joined the curriculum committee and the Student Activities Committee excuse me the curriculum Student Activities Committee along with the policy and legislation committee where she would ultimately later serve as committee chairperson Miss
061Quinn served for six years on the sentiment and Board of Education in what can unarguably be considered the most challenging years in public education in March of two of 2020 our school systems turned upside down and the Board of Education was presented with the Dubious Task of reopening schools after a prolonged shutdown one of our own members of the cinamon Education Association and this is her quote as a board member Miss Quinn demonstrated a dedication to The Human Side of Education along with her colleagues she let it be known that she was there for all of the right reasons especially when the district struggled to navigate the temperamental Waters of covid she demonstrated compassion and Leadership at a time when it was needed so badly while working with her colleagues on the board to tackle
062educational issues Miss Quinn turned her service to the community to assist those also impacted by the pandemic she helped to form a social media campaign called cinamon Helping cinamon where she and a small group of volunteered helped to provide Goods to those in need from grocery pickups to baby formula collections Pharmacy deliveries to supply exchanges the group matched shortfalls in the community with those who were able to help her service to the community was featured in People magazine hold on I have proof during her six years on the board Miss Kum was instrumental in hoping to established districtwide programs in diversity equity and inclusion as a steadfast advocate for access to education for all she was a driving force in many of the behind the scenes decisions that helped pave the way for school equity
063and programmatic changes districtwide undoubtedly her most driving motivation and most proud role is that of mother and number one fan to cinnamon and soccer number 17 I think the greatest joy of service that I was able to witness firsthand was Miss Quinn with with the pride that she shared in handing her son his diploma at graduation last year as a decorated member of the class of 22 Aiden Quinn received prestigious scholarship to attend the University of Alabama where he's a freshman today seeing her efforts as a parent volunteer community member and a board member came full circle it reminded me of the vital role that all of our Board of Education members play in helping to assist our students cross the finish line and make the best in achieving their goals today Miss Quinn continues
064to Advocate on behalf of all of us in public education serving the New Jersey Education Association as the field organizer for the seven Southern counties of New Jersey I'm profoundly thankful that Katie Quinn chose to come to cinamon and make it a home and that she continues to serve as a role model for all of you in the audience our schools are a better place for her service thank you [Applause] Katie hold on we got we got Hardware we got Hardware this is for you to take a picture like a and I believe maybe in the back some members from uh Team Quinn and Minon are here if you could wave hello thank you for uh lending us her services for the past six years and being here this evening to see her recognized up
065next I'd like to ask Mr Dan Gaffney if he would come stand next to me all right over very Mr Dan Gaffney began his career at woodro Wilson High School in Camden City teaching English shortly after graduating from St Joseph's University gohawks his work then transitioned him to a coach and teacher at Cherokee High School followed by two long stin as an elementary principal in Southampton School number one and the Howard Yokum Elementary School in Maple Shade Mr Gaffney left his professional impact on the lenpy Regional High School District Southampton schools and the maple sh St School District along the way as a father of three wonderful children who went all the way through our sentiment and school district schools Dan and his wife Marge were constantly active at volunteering in both school and community
066events whether it was part of the hman school as band parents or at the local Boy Scouts the Gaffney became a fixture as Volunteers in cinon it was in July of 2016 when Mr Gaffney responded to a call from then board president Mrs Jee Cohen and superintendent of schools Dr salvator salvator luzy sorry that the events that led us to this evening first began to unfold because he could never say no to a community in need Mr Gaffney agreed to fill in for a short time as a board member was retiring midterm Mr Gaffney joined the board and ran for re-election the following year despite his intentions to only serve briefly on the board he was convinced to return and return once again during his time of service on the board Mr Gaffney filled many
067roles he served on all four standing committees of the board likewise Mr gley presently serves as the chair of the curriculum committee and former chair of the policy committee perhaps most importantly Mr Gaffney continues to tap into his professional and institutional knowledge coupled with his commitment to the students of cinon and serving as a staunch supporter of all District programs Dan has made a lifetime commitment to the value of strong community-based Public Schools as the H husband of a public school employee and the father of two Public School Employees Dan understands the intangible return on investment of treating staff as valued members of the community that they serve Dan truly loves our schools this town and what this board and District represent his service to the extended sentiments in community continues as well even as
068he continues even after his service on the board ends this year Dan remains deeply involved with various Boy Scout leadership programs throughout Burlington County and he volunteers as a part of the St Charles Catholic Church Dan retired officially from public schools in 2006 however in true Dan Gaffney fashion he was terrible at retirement working in so many roles since Dan took his educational talents to rcbc and lent his affable and personal traits servicing people during their greatest time of need however most recently Dan finally caved in after being sought after so many times to return to school administration and once again was called upon by a public school in need last month he returned to his old stomping grounds and presently serves as the inter room principle of Southampton School number one the students faculty
069and parents are so fortunate to have such a compassionate and capable leader at the helm for so many years I valued his advocacy support mentorship guidance and friendship and I thank him for all of the service to the students of cinamon and to our Board of Education congratulations Dan and actually if the members of the Gaffney family uh they were there when Dan was sworn in seven years ago and took a picture we're going to kind of try to recreate it I'm sorry to put you on the spot but if you don't mind coming up and snapping a picture we appreciate you're being here to support uh Mr Gaffney this evening grab one of them take another one some you guys first then us us we're going to we're going to hop in with you
070we're part of the family [Applause] oh I almost forgot a look back on Dan's ears and cinnamon and there might even be a Maple Shade picture up there too all right and at this time I'd like to welcome uh Mr Gorman Dr mccan and Mr Wilkinson up for some uh CHS uh not only athletic but athletic and maybe some artistic Awards as well so I hand it off to you and Mr Krill is going to figure out the technology piece great your clicker awesome thank you I'd just like to say thank you to the high school students that are here I know this has been a really long meeting uh and as usual the high school will be batting clean up so uh thank you for your patience if I can have the students that
071are going to be recognized tonight come on over to the right hand side of the room that way we can uh have you walk up as your name is called uh we will be recognizing you uh by sport uh uh Dr mccan will come to the podium to read off the names which button goes for there you go all right first set of awards is football all division those honors were awarded to Michael beers Aiden Burke Luke Smith Donovan Wilkinson Kane block Saudi Gant Gavin Prendergast and Kyle [Applause] Willis all right good no great all right we also had one football player who own who earned both all Division and all County Honors that was Brian [Applause] fery all right boys cross country we had two students earn all division honors Jacob Wickersham and Brandon
072Smith and girls cross country all division we had Olivia Moyer and Abby Flannery okay for girls cross country we also had really seller athlete who own birth all division All County and all state honors and that's Anna Marino field hockey we had two players that earned all division honors Samantha keeports and Ava [Applause] Smith congratulations oh no come back okay girl soccer both all Division and all South Jersey awards were for Shiloh Moore and for girls soccer Bailey Cen earned all division All State and all South Jersey [Applause] Awards boy soccer we had two students earn all division worlds Michael papis and Connor [Applause] Hughes and Noah Huber got all division All State and all South Jersey honors for [Applause] soccer moving onward to the Arts now you've already heard this Mr bacon stole my
073thunder a long long time ago um Kim Mason earned All State Choir [Applause] Awards and Samantha bobard All State and all South Jersey choir [Applause] if we could have one more round of applause for all of our scholar athletes and [Applause] musicians thank you that concludes our official presentations for the evening all right it's only you now kick it in gear all right we back in the agenda now we're I'm moving on to Section 8 correspondence to the board anyone have anything to share okay then we're going on to section nine committee reports uh we have the minutes from the policy committee U Mr Bramhall I believe is going to share those yes thank you the policy and legislative committee met online via Google meet on Wednesday December 6th the committee in a commitment to
074a board goal this year began the process of reviewing existing policies starting with the 1000 series of policies the board reviewed the first 10 policies policies 1100 through 1430 among this work is an update of the district's organizational chart the resulting updates to the these policies will appear on the January board agenda committee once Reed after reorganization will continue the review process as such the next 10 policies in the 1000 section have been identified for review the board also reviewed a legislative update from the New Jersey Association of school administrators and the next meeting of the policy committee is scheduled for January 10th thank you very much thank you Mr Bram Hol we also had a meeting of the curriculum Activities Committee uh Mr Gaffney you want to share the those minutes thanks Mrs Fitzwater
075the curriculum and Student Activities Committee met virtually on Wednesday December the 6th meeting began with a proposal from the Middle School administration about the formation of a boys group for atrisk students the committee reviewed preliminary calendar drafts for the 2024 2025 school year the committee also discussed the high school drum line proposal from last month and we'll revisit this at our next meeting a pro a proposal was uh brought before us for a new high school science course entitled sports medicine and that was discussed for next school year lastly the committee reviewed several professional development and field trip requests as well as three science Curriculum maps for revision and our meeting for the next meeting is yet to be determined that's my report thank you Mr GNE Mr Kenny can I have a motion to
076approve section 9 letter A committee reports so moved second second second thank you Mr Turner comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Miss blin i i i i i i i i motion approved U moving on to public comments uh for items that appear on the agenda and members of the public are reminded the comments should be Li limited to items appearing on this meeting's agenda there will be another opportunity during this meeting to comment on non-agenda items have anyone who wish to comment on the agenda items see none no no no okay all right we're going to move on to section 11 personnel certificated Mr do we have okay you're just moving deep fake deep fake okay guys go Section 11 personnel certificated go go go all right thank
077you Mr Fitz whatat I'm under Section 11 letter A appointments and transfer seeking the board to approve items number one and two we have no uh items under Section B section c teacher overload seeking the board to approve uh item number excuse me seeking the board to resend uh the items listed under number one and seeking the board to ratify and affirm the items listed under number two uh nothing under letter D this evening under letter e extra Duty appointment seeking the board to approve items 1- 12 as listed in the agenda under leaves of absences there are three listed in the agenda seeking the board's approval on them letter G substitute teachers and nurses there are five names for consideration of the board listed under item number one excuse me G1 in the agenda
078letter H tutors seeking the board to approve the one name listed under number one student teachers there are three items one two and three listed in the agenda for the board's consideration for approval this evening and under letter J there is one item for the board's consideration this Fitzwater that is certificated Personnel thank you Mr Pella Miss Sone can I have a motion to approve section 11 personnel certificated items a through J so moved second second thank you Mr Kenny comments or questions from the board hearing then we'll take a vote Mr Evans i i i i i i i i except I abstain from item 11 G number 1B I to everything else motion approved uh moving on to section 12 noner certificated Mr Capello all right under section 12 letter A seeking the
079board's approval of items 1 through three listed in the agenda under letter B there are two items for the board's consideration listed in the agenda there is one job description listed in the agenda under letter c letter D extra Duty uh seeking the board's approval for items number one through four as listed in the agenda no transfers this evening letter F subss and volunteers there are five items for the board's consideration and asking their approval this evening and under letter G leaves of absence is there are three listed in the agenda for the board's consideration for approval for this evening Mrs Fitzwater that is non-certificated Personnel thank you Mr Capello U Mr Bramhall can I have a motion to approve section 12 non-certificated items a through G so moved second second thank you Mr Evans
080comments or questions from the board hearing then we'll take a vote Mr blin i i i i i i i i motion approved moving on to section 13 curriculum and instruction Dr goldurn thank you very much under 13 letter a professional development request under letter B field trip request nothing under letter C this month under letter 13d curriculum numbers one and two letter E the Hib report for the month and letter F the suspension report for the month thank you Dr goldber Mr Evans can I have a motion to approve section 13 curriculum and instruction items a through f so move second second thank you Mr GFF any comments or questions from the board hearing then we'll take a vote Miss blin i i i i i i i i motion approved moving on to
081section 14 special education uh Mrs lellan thank you Mrs Fitzwater uh letter A contracts seeking the board to approve three contracts with the New Jersey commission the Blind and Visually Impaired provide services for the 2020 23 24 school year as attached in the agenda under B student placements there are none under C consultant agreement seeking the board to approve the consultant agreement as requested by the district with Camden County Educational Service Commission to provide a psychological evaluation as listed in the agenda thank you thank you Mr lellan M blin can I have a motion to approve section 14 special education items a through C so moved second second thank you Mr Turner comments or questions from the board Board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr Evans i i i i i i i i
082motion approved uh section 15 we have no policy tonight tonight we're moving on to section 16 business and finance Mrs living good thank you Mrs Fitzwater under Section A grants item 1A that the board accepts the revised funding statement for chapter 192 193 and Item B that the board accepts the 2324 Wellness Grant through the school health insurance fund and the amount of $7,000 is attached Item B finance that the board accepts the mileage reimbursement requests for the staff members as attached and item number two that the board approves the proposed budget for the Student Activity Center as attached section c operations that the board accepts with appreciation the donation from the Jewish Community Center to the cinema in high school for a bus rental for the Holocaust Museum field trip item D contracts item
0831A that the board approves a tuition contract between cinamon Board of Education and the Burlington Institute of Technology as attached and Item B that the board approves a sending tuition contract agreement between cinnamon and Board of Education and lpy Regional High School as attached item two that the board authorizes the board secretary business administrator to solicit requests for Professional Services for an architect of record and a construction manager of record for pre-referendum services and item c three I'm sorry item three that the board approves the 2324 agreement between sentiment and Board of Education and stout and Caldwell engineering as attached thank you Mrs Fitzwater thank you Mr living good Mr Turner can I have a motion to approve section 16 business and finance items a through D I move second second thank you Mr GFF
084any comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr leein i i i i i i i i motion approved uh section 17 other business Dr goldurn thank you very much under 17 letter a uh requesting approval of the updated safe return plan which is required to be resubmitted every six months as part of the American Rescue plan and under letter B the district's preliminary um self assessment the qac performance review uh for its submission to the county office thank you Dr goldurn uh Mr Gaffney can I have a motion to approve section 17 other business items A and B so moved second second thank you Mrs Turner comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr Evans I i i i i i i i motion
085approved section 18 removing the public comments uh during the public comment section of the meeting the board will seek public comment on any item members of the public are reminded that if they wish to speak when called upon participants should State their first and last name and address clearly for the record in accordance with senson Board of Education bylaw 01646 comments will be limited to a maximum of 4 minutes per person the commment period will not exceed 30 minutes with that said is there anyone from the public who wishes to speak Terry Joyce excuse me 18 padak Lane uh resource for parents of students with disabilities or special needs is the cinnamons and ceg uh the special education parent advisory group a cpeg is a state mandated parent-driven group that works with the district and
086Board of Education to improve special education in the district the first cpeg meeting of the year was last month we'd like to thank District parents Mr Capello and members of the board of education for attending we hope it was helpful in Sharing what a cpag is and can do to support the special education Community we are encouraged by the attendance of this meeting and engagement on social media so far our next meeting will be held on January 23rd at 6m at the cinamon community center this will be a closed meeting closed meetings are for parents and guardians of students in the district with IEPs 504 plans those receiving related Services English language Learners out of District placement parents or those who feel that their child may need more support at school to have a safe
087space safe space to discuss systemic level concerns and ideas for change please follow us on Facebook just search for cinnamon and cpeg and feel free to email us at sineg gmail.com thank you thank you Mr Joyce thank you um Ed psky 1453 Winwood the cinnamon and CAC would like to invite special education parents Board of Education members teachers administrators and members of the community to the New Jersey uh Coalition for inclusive education winter inclusion conference the conference is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Education the conference will take place on Friday January 19 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Williamstown middle school in Williamstown New Jersey the cost is $175 for School faculty and staff $75 for parents students and self- Advocates and school administrators are free the cinam and CAC is
088offering a free transportation to the conference to District parents if you like to carpo with us please send us an email for a Google signup sheet at sineg gmail.com or look it up on our public Facebook page I'm going to tell you this conference has a lot of information if you have a child if you're administrators it gives a wealth of knowledge and a wealth of information that can really come in hand with everything that's out there the world is changing technology is changing we have so much at our fingertips that we can utilize we just have to learn about it and be willing to do it thank you thank you good evening Ronda chalacos 219 North pork Landing Road um thank you in advance for indulging me I have a little bit more to
089say and I do want to say that teachers can't be thanked enough so thank you for the Forum I'm speaking of as a parent of four children in the district one at each of our wonderful sentiments and schools I also a high school teacher in a local school district I speaking to you as a fierce advocate for my children and education in general the sentiments and teachers and counselors as I'm sure you know are topnotch they take time to get to know their students and are extremely responsive to parent questions and concerns this is not the case at all school districts now on to a more personal topic all of my te all of my children receive modifications and accommodations at every stage of the 504 and IEP process we have been met with openness
090support and the feeling that my child's needs were of the utmost utmost priority as I mentioned I'm a fierce advocate for my children and the teams have always worked to ensure my child's individual needs are met not simply a blanket list of accommodations some may say I have high standards and the special education and counseling teams have never let me down in Middle School Co hit my child hit and my child like many others was seriously impacted and her overall schooling situation spiral the incredible guidance team worked together along with her case manager to build my child up and get her through Middle School it was a struggle but the team somehow never gave up on her and continued to actively try new approaches to help her succeed some days I wondered how they kept
091being so supportive but they always tried to say today's a new day my child's now in high school and it's is in the study schills program this program is truly a game Cher for my child instead of sitting by terrified to ask questions continuing to be confused on content and receiving grades that do not reflect her ability she has a teacher to go to daily that can help her with content coping skills and provide a safe space for her to ask questions and grow as both a student as and a young adult having the same study skills teacher for all four years of high school is an added bonus because the children do not have to build brand new relationships every year this helps keep continuity in the students progress and allows the study skills
092teacher to do best to best guide the children I am so impressed with the special education supports here in cinamon that I regularly advocating for change in my own teaching District this program is irreplaceable because of the support provided my child has grown immensely already this school year and this has carried over into all aspects of our Liv lives I cannot praise the cens and teachers counselors and child study team members enough thank you thank you thank Youk anyone else any other members of the public wishing to address the board none all right um we move the comments from the board Mrs Turner there's a lot good evening congratulations to our talented students who performed so well tonight you set the atmosphere for a wonderful evening and a joyous holiday thank you to Mr Gaffney
093and Miss Quinn for your tireless dedication and service to our school district you will be missed thank you to meline and Kathy for our great student report congratulations to all of our new National Honor Society members thank you very much to our special education department for our wonderful informative presentation congratulations to Mrs lowski and Mr Welter on being named New Jersey exemplary education Educators thank you to miss Mitchell delesio for your Greenhouse contribution to rush School congratulations to our standing athlet our outstanding athletes and singers who were recognized tonight thank you to all the members of the community who have taken the time to share their comments with the board this evening best best wish wishes to our of our winter sports teams congratulations to the members of troop 70 who have truly dedicated a
094great deal of time and energy to improve our schools and Inter our community thank you for the beautiful Greenhouse that was Mitchell delesio Eagle project which The Troop assisted with building you are the Future Leaders of our community and your efforts are appreciated we wish you a joyous and holiday season the reorganization meeting of the Board of Education will be held on January 2 at 6: p.m. here in the cinamon Middle School cafeteria the next regularly scheduled board meeting will be January 16th at 7:00 p.m. also here in the cafetorium at the middle school information can be found on our district website thank you thank you Mrs Turner uh we are going to convene into executive session but no further business will be held Upon Our completion uh so with that Mr Kenny can I
095have a motion to convene into executive session so moved second second thank you Mrs Turner all in favor I oppos we're now moving into executive session e